Legal Opinion

People v. Barkelow

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 23, 1877PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Exceptions before judgment from Oakland. Criminal information for Conspiracy to cheat and. defraud. The facts are sufficiently shown in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.

In this case defendants were convicted of conspiracy, and the case comes up on exceptions. The Attorney General does. not dispute the existence of errors, but as the case must go back with instructions we have deemed it proper to hear argument.

The court below, while expressing an opinion that the information, if tested by the rule in Alderman v. People, 4 Mich., 414, would be bad, maintained it as good on the supposition that the rule had been changed in People v. Clark, 10 Mich., 310.

The latter case was not designed to disturb the former decision, and was decided in express recognition of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Alderman v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1857
  2. People v. ClarkMichigan Supreme Court · 1862

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. PetheramMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
  2. People v. SchultzMichigan Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Carter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  4. People v. OmachtMichigan Supreme Court · 1950
  5. State v. HowardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1901

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